Coin sorting and counting machine.



J. 1. JORGENSEN an w. G. L ATIMER.

COIN SORTING AND COUNTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. B. I9l4.

1,279, 351 V Patented Spt. 17,1918.

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ATTORNEZS' If I l. J. JORGENSEN & W. G. LATIMER. com SORTING AND coummsMACHINE.

APFLICA TWN FILED SEPT. 8.191 4- Arromvrrs Patented Sept. '17, 1918.

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COIN SORTING AND COUNTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED sums. I914.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS J. JORGENSF-N AND WILLIAM G. LA'IIMER, OF DETROIT; MICHIGAN,ASSIGNORS T UOINOMETER COMPANY, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, A CORPORATIONOF Specification ofLefters Patent. U Patented Sept, 17, 1918.

DELAWABE. i COIN SQRTING AND COUNTING MACHINE.

l Application filed September 8, 1914. STex-iaI-N'o. 860,531.

To all "whom it may concern? Be. it known that e, JULIUs J J 0mm:-

SEN, subject of the King of Denmark, and

WILLIAM G. LATIMER, citiien of the United States of America, residing atDetroit, in

the county 'ofWayne and State of Michigan,

have invented certain new end -dsef ul Imrovements in Coin Sorting andCounting Iachines, of whichthelfollowingtis a speci.

fication, reference being had therein to the accompanying "drawings. l

The invention relates to machines designed for the counting and thesorting of co ns, and it is the ob ect of the invention' to obtain itsimple, compact and easily manipulated mechanism by which the coinswilltbe' rapidly counted and sorted It is a, further object to providenieans for "variably,

limiting the countor stopping the operati after a definite number ofcoins have'fb' ejeotedjromthe machine. Still furthe is an object toprovide-means" for depositing the ejected coins direotly-intoithewrappers or con; cases, With these and other ob ects in vjie'yv theinvention comprises 'the verioii features of construction as hereinafteri In the drawings: V 5

Figure lie a plan view pa, tly 'sect o' F g 2 is a longitudinal "F ig.3' p it" transverse 'secti 2; v- Fig. 4 is a' p'eispective view of thecoin register;

as Figxs 'centrifdgilgactionofthe revolving disk-"end lthej'deflec'torfinger I will engage these; feed sheft G and hand crank G The-receptacleB s designed to receive the coins which are to be counted and in therapid revolution of the disk bottom C these coins are thrown ontwurd bycentrifugal action. The n er end ofthe receptacle is preferably provi edwith an inwardly curved flange B, which At one side ,of the receptacle Bis a slot or opening H of suflicient size for the passai-ge of thelargest coin which-is handled bythe machine, and adjacent to this apertur'e is?! finger I whidh projects over the disk C and forms a-xakeordeflector for diresting coins carried by the revolving disk throughthe slot. Outside ofthe receptacle and in, linewith the slot H are feedrolls J nd J',"the former being driven from the I heel El, Both ofnthesewheelsare provided 7 5 itit ldabl ripher al facing; such as hichfrictionzrlly engage the Wil 5Com en' sate for difierent Thus ea'c coinwhichise'ected he receptacle through .th'e'pom ined 3Q 'prevents thethrowing. out of any of the roi'n' 011s J tidbit-J", and willbe'positively with reven from the path ofsucceeding'coinsq. 7 Iiprflvent clogging'of the mnc'hme it is 35 essential that the .slotthrough which th'e coin" isejected'should be approximately the thick fcoin, and it'is further necessary to agent means of preventing wedging sam .pleheimmediately above the revolving, d ehave therefore provided'ana'd- I "imiteble *ge'gle K whiclrmuy be raised- 0f v N w ofthe machine;g,v M a detailperspectiveivieur of the met; portion of the'reeeptaclewhich indjus ing-th siz q eout et A i1 teb ebn e 1' "be h ch snwunted ecircUIerZreQepteQIe' having} revoluhfle "disk C forming the bottomthereof; 2 The itie'lly receives the-comes owing means-for disk 0 ismqnnt'ed u on a vertical shaft D which 1 may be rapid y revolvedsuitiible the disk is provided l with one or more or projections L onits upper-farce deposited in the receptacle B and the crank ing coinsoutward oentri'fugelly toward the slot intofengageinentwith fthejrollsfJ Jami-J.

The; mnehindhe th is 'adapted'for va ious ufiee -asf ollowsl means suchzistheheveled E end F lowered to; alter the depth of the slot. Also;

which are so located-as to disengage eny 'in' terl'ock between coinshdjacent to the fingerif I." Thus in operation whenever ooinsiere' G isrotated, this will result, first, in throwwallof the receptacle; andBeoond,-1in' pass1- l rm erl eking of coins which are in the countingregister i the machine is adapted for the rapid countnation is" normallyoat-ct engagement with; the notches' of said wheelybut' once in each'notch Q, ofthe umtfwheel' th s will permit ing' of coins; A I,

Hecond,----by the addition of a stop mech 'anism the coins thus countedmay be limited to the number required for the filling of the" Wrapper orfor any other purpose;

'l.hird,--the coins may be directly fed from the counter into the coinwrappers; a id l ourt-li, -the machine may be used f sorting by settingthe'gz'ige K so that only coins under a predetermined thickness will bepermitted to pass out and by then gaging according to diameters.

For use as a coin counter, a counting register M is mounted so as to beoperated by the passage of each coin. The mechanism whereljiy the coinsactuate the register is best illustrated in Figs 3 and 5. As the coinspass between the rolls J and J they are guided at one side of their pathof travel by a member T more fully described hereirr after At the otherside of said path, there is me ited, a rockable member N pivoted at,

N and carrying two pins N" and N which project upwardly and aresuccessively encountered by each coin, and displaced out of its path oftravel. As the first of said ins is displaced out of the path of thecoin the resultant rocking of the memberh displaces the other pin. intosaid path-,ancl upon encountering the second pin, the ,coin willrock-the1nember N back to its former posi- "tion, ready ttrbe acted uponby the next coin.

This rocking movement is transmitted to a l.

rockable pawl member 0 bywhich the reg ister is operated. The registermay be of any suitable construction, but, nsshown, oomprisesa seriesofMheels P P, etc, of different denominations, all of which are operatedby the rockable pawl O engaging notches or teeth on the several wheelsThe lwhe'l' P has its-notches or teeth Q ailw yeineiiguemeut with thearm'() of the pawl and one Q is of gregter depth than the: othersftoperrnit or renter inward movementof the vewl fli'l'fi b [The arm 0'for thetens-whee onwhet-l of next denomir'evolution when the armlOenters the dee "the hngage'ment-pf thearln -Q" wi h the notch] of thetens 'wlieel .so asto cause the, "iiinni'ltaneous-r0iaitioxfot both unitand tens n; the" some thinner Toneof;v the whee -'. hotehespf-thetenswheelfi's deeper than the 'otherszso. asy-to permit iwj further jm'vandmovement of the pawl to engage the same den'o mi' nijtion', and than theca rryin g' may-be ff cted. through a iieiiie's or any number of?wheels; 1

;--. Fbr limiting Ethe $i1ht there i providedor the roll J and -T is'aspirally' 'groo' gage bar T is also connected the adjustment .ofthe-s1ide-T" -will.

an is raised and lowered thereby.- 'co'nnect1on consists of ain'K'vonthe-- n This gt vhuddle R to different positions of rotative adjustment,these positions'being selectively determined by a series of stops. Thestops R? R R and R are preferably arranged 75 upon an adjustable lever Rwhich in its several positions of adjustment will place said stopsrespectively in the path-of a cooperating stop pin R ona disk R whichrotates with the wheel Thus by adjust- B0 ing said lever B and thenturning the knob R the wheel R ma be adjusted to the desired position.Eac position of adjustment corresponds to a limited count, movementbeingimparted to the wheel B through the 85 pins R and R successivelyengaging the teeth thereof, and when the wheel R is returned to'itsinitial position it is automatically locked to preventfurther rotationand to also lock the register and-the coinsejecting mechanism. Thislocking, as shown, is ctiected' by a dog S actuated by a .sprin S' andengaging a perforation S in the w ee'l' R, thus preventing furtherrotation,'and; b y the interlock between the wheel R and the .95:

counter and between the latter andthe es: capement N, stopping operationof the nib,

chine. I

To render the escapement mechanism op erative with coins ofdifi'crent'diarneters it is necessary that the width of the coin chum'nelshould be varied. It is also 'e'ssimtiitl that the gage K shouldberaisedor lowered 5 to correspond to the thickness of. coin illi isejected from the coin rece )ta'cle f hese two adjustmentsarc 'efi'ectedare mechanism of the followingcons'tnnct T is. a horizontal shaft; T, isart-e e ortion of said shaftwliich fo'r ms' a jour cam uponthe shaftwhich engage -1w pi upon an adjustable slide Tcai-if'yin'g. bar T forthe coins whichj'vpass" the machine and by "the escnpeinen .y a with thegage K and the lattlihT-is attached to the wall of the receptacle pinsK- passing through cam slots-K said wall. These slots vare'so fashione'raising. orlowering of the guard member which i's' 'ptvottill :atta atone end K to the rceptaclejl whij its-0p. 'site endit is cohnectedto'the? p I extends overa segment'of. .therevolving plate C and also aportion of the rake or finger I, being provided with an 1-30 v.

Ken'gaging a cam slot iar therein,

uman outwardly extending flange K' which lies substantially parallel tothe plane of' the disk C. T is an adjustable wheel at the end of theshaft G by which it may be rotated to 5 diii'erent positions asindicated upon an ad jacent index wheel T".

N'Vith the construction ofinechanism just described in operationwhenever the inachine-is to be set for a particular denomina- 10 tion ofcoin, as for instance for pennies, the knob or wheel T is ad justedaccording to the index'T" to the proper position. This wil-l'cause,first, a rotation of the eccentric jOllfl'mt-l "I -s0 as to more thewheel J toward or from the wheel J to correspond to the gage-0rthickness of the coin. The same mouemento-f theshaft/T will rotate thecam T causing the )in T to more the slide T shifting the gui e T toadjust the width of the coin channel to correspond to the diameterbf thecoin. A further effect produced b ,this sameadjustment-is to move thelink and thereby to adjust the gage K so that the :slots K operatingupon the pins K will raise or lower said gage corresponding to thethickness of the coin. Lastly this same adjustment will, through theconnection be tween the gage K- and guard K effect raisingor loweringoi'th free end of said guard correspondingly a) the gage ,of the coin.

l It is-usual to {place coins when counted in wrapp'ers and thisoperation is also performedhy themachine by means of the followingconstruction; U is an inclined chute arranged to receive the coinsdelivered from the-revolving 'wheels J 'and J. U is a springcli forattaching to the chute U the" upper en of a. flattened cylindrical coin.40

straighten up a must the verwpl f F'to the longitudinal' axis off-4,119r so ,qas 'togfit loosely wk" proper number of coins f m the chute U andin U will adj ust' the "rpendienlar to the longi- "ereby tightlycontracting the ""ooi ti, after whieh the ends the; operation may tospace .thesame from the revolving bottom other than the one justdescribed, ich will" 1 b ing flatten d, will be of a diamboss oi thediameter of the coin, @j

t er will freely mss therei'nto and nward-againstt e stop U. pHere;

theystop but wil still be in a.

the wrapper the latter d the package rom 'iletedrat oids the ieeess'itybe performed with greater rapidit than with the more complex mechanismseretoforeemployed.

' a In the complete operation of are inaehinwv "wheilit is desired tomerelyconntcoins of fli l the same denomination and without limit tom".

the count, the lever B, is adjusted-10 th extreme end "of "its movementin one tioa. Thhsin addition a) adjusting the stops R R, ett.,'effectsautomatically an axial ad '75 jns'tment of thewheel'B- to disen athe teeth thereof from the ins R ant? or,

in other words, to ren er the wheel R inoperative from the register M.The means 1 for accomplishing this comprises a shaft V 30 having atubular shaft -V' ,thereQIh upon which latter the wheel R is mounted. V

is a pin projecting laterally from the shaft vV and engaging a spiralslot V in themhular shaft V. V is a spring at theend of 5 the shaft Vbearing against the wheel R for holding the latter in position 'ofengagement with the pins Iii-and R". V is a pin upon the lever Rfi,which in the extreme position of adjustment of the latter strikes 9against a .pin V extending radially from the a movement of the sleeveupon t e shaft against the tension of the spring V, and

this movement is sntiieient to disengage the 00: teeth of the w'heel Rfrom the vpins This will prevent any movement of the reg 'ister frombeing transmitted to the wheel R and consequently the counting can .pro-

ceed indefinitely without throwing into operation the stop mechanism.

When the machine is' used for counting a limited number of coins thelever Ris ad justed to any one of-itsfvarious; ition's,

cause one of the stops R R? etc.- to be placed into the path of the pinon theWheei RtP. The shaft Vji's then revolved byithe R whichWiI'l'Totate-said shaft and the wheelR until raised by the stop. :jThis;,1 1 5-- movementis permitted without interference from the pins R andR: [upon 7 the unit's wheel, as in.thei'zeroposition of this wheel} saidpins are both out of engagement w'i'thgi the teeth ofthe wheel R. p whenthe machine is properlyset, eitherfor a, limited count or lfor anunlimited IYI count, the coins are placed in' the receptacle Bjandmotion is imparted to the disk 0; through thehandcrank G; throw the-eoins out'eentrifugally to-th'e Stationa ju hfllllhllwa'll of thereceptacle and p a will a so carry them around in a circular path. :Thecoinslying directly upon the rei'oli'ing bottom {will Qass under the:guard B6 Portion, g s

- 'the"-slob through which said coins pass outwere, a guard for throwingthe superposed 'y" ent ifu e C3 1. finger. for de' K3 and against thefinger or rake I, but those coins which are raised upon otheu coins willstrike against the. guard K which Wlll deflect thein inward. Thus thereis an 5 alternate movement radially inward andi upon the revolvingbottom and can thus pass beneath the guard l and into contact with therake or finger I.

Under certain conditions there. might. occur an interlock between thecoins resting upon the revolving bottom, which would prevent any onefrom being deflected by the rake I out through the slot II. This isprevented by the raised points Oi lugs L which are so positioned as toclear the finger I,

butto pass' iin sufiicient. proximity thereto to dislodge any coin whichmight interlock with the coin in engagement with said finger.

The coins deflected by the finger I pass through the slot beneath thegage K and through the slot H in the outcr'wall of the receptacle, andthen pass in the channel between theadjustable gage T and the escapementmechanism N. As this gage 'I is adjusted; by the rotation of the knob T7 to correspond to the adjustment of the gage K for thethickness ofthe'coin it is obvious that; any coin which can pass through the glage.K will also pass through the channel at e side of the gage T In passingthrough this channel the coins are fed at a uniform rate hythe feedrolls J and J which. also furnish the necessary power for actuating theescapement N and operating the count- 40 register.

iter passing through the discharge channel the coins may be eitherdirected into Wfiappersashas been-described, or where the operation-isjmerelc to count they -may be caught-in'an-y-suita 1e receptacle;

1 What-we claim as our invention is 1.; A mechanism for handling coinscomprising wrleVolubleJ'rjlate upon which the coins'flre supported togothrow. the some out-. ward by centrifugal action, BkStfltiOIlflI) wallsu 'dunding'said. plate and cutaway at one poms-,9: fingerfor engagingthe coins di I rectly supported lonysaid plate, and deflecting throughsaid cut away the same outwar I .or limiting the depth ofcoins-inwardyand a common means for ad;

j-iist-ing Said gage and guard.

W eccentric bear ng, and means for simulta- A-mechanisimfor handlingcoinscomj neously actuating Said eccentit'lc bear ng nd prising-arevoluble plate for supporting the' prising a rcvoluble plate forsupporting the coins and throwing the same outward centr tugally, aperipheral wall surrounding said plate and cut-away at, onepoint, a

finger for engaging the coins directly supported on said plate anddirecting the same outward through said cut-away portion, an cscapcincntactuated by the coins successively passed out through said cut-awayportion, a gage for limiting the thickness of coins passing out throughsaid cutaway portion, a gage. tor hunting the dian'ieter of the coinscooperating with said escapement,

a guard for deflecting inward the superposed coins, and a' conunon meansfor simultaneously and correspondingly adjusting said gages and guard. 4Y

4. A mechanism for' handling coins comprising a revoluble horizontaldisk, :a pcripheral wall suurol inding said disk and cutaway at onepoint, a finger adjacent to said disk for deflecting the coins supportedthereon outward through said cut-away por-' t-ion, a gage for limitingthe thickness of the coin passing outward through said cut-away portion,a roll for positively feeding the oin outward, a cooperating roll, arevoluble eccentric bearing forming-a journal for'Said cooperating rolland means for adjusting the same to the gage of the coin, and aconnection between said revoluble eccentric bearing andsaid gage foreffecting a' cor-respending. adjustment of each. I i

5. A mechanism for handling coins comprising a revoluble horizontallyarranged disk, a peripheral wall surrounding said disk andcut away atone point, a'fingcr a d jacent to said disk deflecting the coinssupported thereon outward through said cutpassing coins, cooperating rois for engag' ing thecoins and positively feeding"the".

same past said escapement, an eccentric bear} ing for one of said rollsadjustable to vary the gage of the coin, a gage forliinitingthethickness of the coins passing out. through 7 saidcut-awayportion "connected with "said v gage 6. A mechanism for handhn001118 comprising a revoluble horizonta 1y arran' ed disk aperipheralwall surrounding said isk cut-away at one point, a finger adjacentto psaid disk for deflecting the coins supported thereon outward throughsaid cut-away portion, an escapement operated by the passing coins,cooperating feed rolls for positively actuating said coins past saidescapement, an eccentric bearing for one of said feed rolls adjustablecorrespondingly to the gage of the coin, a shaft for rotating saideccentric bearing, 'a cam on said shaft, a gage for the diameter ofcoins cooperating with said escapement, a gage for the thickness ofcoins passing out through said cut'away portion, and means actuated bysaid cam for simultaneously adjusting said gages correspondingly and incorrespondence to the adjustment of said eccentric bearing.

7. A machine for handling coins comrising a revoluble horizontallyarranged disk, a peripheral wall surrounding said disk cut away at onepoint, a finger adjacent to said disk for deiic Ling the coins supportedthereon outward throughsaid cut:- away portion, a gage for limiting thethickness of coins passing outward through said cl'lt-away portion, acam bearing for said gage upon said peripheral wall, an escapementoperated by the coins passing out through said cut-away portion, coo'ierating rolls for positively feeding said coins past said escapement,an eccentric bearing for one ofsaid rolls, a rotary shaft connected tosaid eccentric bearing,.a cam upon said shaft, and a connection betweensaid cam and said gage for adjusting the same during the rotativeadjustment of said eccentric bearing whereby said cam bearing for saidgage will effect the vertical adjustment thereof.

8. In a mechanism for handling coins, the c .)h1bination with afectlu'oll and a c061)- erating member, of a gage for limiting the 0size of the coins fed, a revoluble eccentric .bearing forming a journalfor said feed-roll, and a common. means for rotatively adjusting saidbearing and correspondingly ad justing said gage.

9. In amechanism for handling coins, the combination with a containerhaving a, discl'iarge opening, of a gage for limiting the thickness ofthe coins passingthrough said open1ng, a cam bearing for said gage uponsaid container, at feed-roll and cooperating men'iber, an eccentricbearing for said roll, mechanism utilizing the cam mounting of said gageto permit variation of the discharge opening, and a common means for 56adjusting said mechanism and eccentric bear ing according to the size ofthe coins to be fed.

In testimony whereof we affix our sigmatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JULIUS J. JORGENSEN. WILLIAM G. LATIMER.

